Well, I have just returned from a two-week vacation to the midwest, in which my wife, myself, and my dog drove to the midwest from DC for my aunt’s wedding. It was a lovely ceremony, but since I am a nice guy, I will pass along some advice: if you ever have the chance to [...]
Archive for the ‘Thoughts’ Category
I’m Back…
Posted in Thoughts, tagged Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau on July 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Keppel Headed for Minny, who is leaving? UPDATED: It’s Ayala.
Posted in Predictions and Hobnobbery, State of the 'Pen, Thoughts, tagged Bobby Keppel, Brian Buscher, Luis Ayala, Matt Tolbert, Sean Henn on June 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
According to Matt Weinstein of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Bobby Keppel is headed for the Twins, which means someone will have to go. There are three questions that I think this move raises:
1. Why Bobby Keppel? Why not Rob Delaney or some other hotshot?
The answer to this one is pretty simple. Bobby Keppel was [...]
Joe Crede: Better than a poke in the eye.(tm)
Posted in Predictions and Hobnobbery, Thoughts, tagged Brendan Harris, Brian Buscher, Joe Crede on February 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Maybe it’s just an elbow in the ribs. Or maybe it’s a kiss on the cheek. I dunno.
I don’t know what to think about Joe Crede, so I thought I would take a post to examine my feelings. In fact, I’m gonna do it bullet-point style, yust to calm me.
Things I know:
Crede was good on [...]
On the MLB Network
Posted in Game Wrap, Thoughts on February 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So, did anyone else watch the 30 clubs in 30 days special on the Twins on MLB Network the other night? I did, and if you missed it, it is available in full format on the web here. I almost recommend it. However, as is always the case with the Twins, the analysts really had [...]
Bold Predictions
Posted in Predictions and Hobnobbery, Thoughts, tagged Alexi Casilla, Brendan Harris, Brian Buscher, Craig Breslow, Delmon Young, Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, Michael Cuddyer, Nick Punto on February 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
As tonight is the first of many spring training games and is effectively the beginning of baseball season, I think it is time for some bold predictions, to rip off Andrew over at Twins Fix. His predictions are extremely positive, which I like. I’m not so positive, but I’ll see where this goes.
BTW, I have [...]
Dear Lord.
Posted in State of the 'Pen, Thoughts, tagged Commish, Juan Cruz, Lavelle E. Neal III on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seriously? After all the conniving, and stress, and, well, doing nothing all off-season, the office of MLB is considering making it possible for a team to re-sign their own free agent and then immediately trade them.
LEN3 was all over this one.
But seriously. Juan Cruz?
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JUAN CRUZ!?
Sure he’d be nice, but I think I am going to [...]
Getting to Third Base (and a poke in the eye)
Posted in State of the 'Pen, Thoughts, tagged Brendan Harris, Brian Buscher, Craig Breslow, Jesse Crain, Joe Crede, Joe Nathan, Jose Mijares, Lavelle E. Neal III, Luis Ayala, Matt Guerrier, Mike Lamb, Pat Neshek, Phil Humber on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
No, not the sexual third base. What are we, middle schoolers?
Today, LENIII of the Star Tribune said, for the first time, that he thought that the Twins had a good shot at getting Crede. He made a more methodical run-down of the teams that might be interested in Crede, which is worth reading, of course. [...]
On the Outfield (and my new dog)
Posted in Thoughts, tagged Carlos Gomez, Delmon Young, Denard Span, Jason Kubel, Michael Cuddyer on February 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
One of the largest issues the Twins faced going into this off-season was what exactly to do with their outfield/DH surplus. No one that reads this will likely be unfamiliar with the issue here, but I’ll run through it one time, just so everyone knows where I am coming from.
The Twins have five players (Carlos [...]
Anyone still sad the Twins didn’t trade for Tejada?
Posted in Thoughts on February 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Twins were, last fall, linked to Miguel Tejada. I don’t know how serious any of the rumors were, as some of what I saw might have been blog-driven. At the time it seemed like a somewhat sensible option. Expensive, but getting an All-Star with a decent glove and a good (but declining) bat seemed [...]
On Steroids, Sex, Gambling, and Drugs… Can we just get over it?
Posted in Elsewhere in Baseball..., Thoughts on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seriously.
Seth wrote a great post a few days ago about how, well, stupid and unfair it was of SI to publish reports of A-Rod testing positive for steroids in ‘03 at the exact moment where it would get the maximum airplay. I have never been a fan of SI. I find its articles stilted and [...]
